tectonic

A modern, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine. More information: https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/book/latest.

• Compile a standalone TeX/LaTeX file:

tectonic -X compile path/to/file.tex

• Compile a standalone TeX/LaTeX file with synctex data:

tectonic -X compile --synctex path/to/file.tex

• Initialize a tectonic project in the current directory:

tectonic -X init

• Initialize a tectonic project in the specified directory:

tectonic -X new project_name

• Build the project in the current directory:

tectonic -X build

• Start a watcher to build the project in the current directory on change:

tectonic -X watch